as it comes does it run games fairly well? such as minecraft, skyrim, battlefield 3 etc? Looking to buy my bf a starter gaming comp.
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I'm not a gamer, but I would predict that your bf would be disappointed with the performance of the processor (CPU) and the video card. I would be concerned that the speed of the game would not satisfy a true gamer. Good luck.
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Not really. Games run, but many slow. My client uses it for email and web mostly. Not a gamer.
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It can play Skyrim on ULTRA settings, Left 4 Dead 2, quite a few others. No issues with gaming.
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It handles many Steam games without issue (New Vegas, Portal 2, L4D2). I'm currently running Skyrim with mods at high setting (not highest, mind). Vanilla Minecraft runs really well, although I had unresolved operating issues with the Feed the Beast modpack.
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Yeah I bought this bad boy 2 years ago exactly to the day, loving it so far! But the graphics card on this is pretty weak, even with games like Minecraft (Vanilla, no mods or texture packs) I'm lucky to get 50 FPS even with fast setting (Low graphics settings in the game options). And one of the fans pooped out the other day lol, but that happens with all PC's after a year or so. Overall great PC, it's not hard to rip the 550TI out and slap in the 770 that M. Martin suggested. Anyhoo my 2 cents! :)
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It's fairly good. It can run swtor on max and can also run minecraft with shaders with no lag. It's a very good card for the price.
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I've played all of the above with no problems, Can play minecraft on max settings with at least 60fps. tf2 ive played once or twice it was fine. skyrim was also fine
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The laptop is a decent one it can run world of warcraft or diablo 3. Not sure on minecraft the screen hinges on satellite are bad if screws are missing so make sure all screws are still in it if you get one
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As long as the games aren't very graphics intensive. I just received this as a holiday gift, and am hunting down options for a video card upgrade. While a casual gamer by most accounts, the games with pretty graphics still struggle a bit with this rig. Hope that helps!
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I was playing the battlefield hard line beta on ultra settings and was getting an average 60 FPS , hope I helped! I really am glad with my purchase of this computer!
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it runs tf2 magnificently, runs minecraft just as well, and I have been playing through batman arkham asylum with majority of settings at max and it has had only a couple of slowdowns in certain areas of the game (and this is without downgrading to windows 7!)
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Hi Brenda. I don't play games on mine but I do rely heavily on graphics. This computer is very good with real time graphics. Extremely fast refresh rate and very dependable powerful machine. I think you'll be happy with it.
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I've never run any games on my 2540p, which has an i5-560M, 8GB DRAM, and Intel graphics. However, if I had to guess, I'd say it might run Minecraft but not be a good choice to run it due to the lack of a sophisticated GPU.
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I wouldn't recommend it for gaming. I ran a few games on our computer setup, and they ran much slower than an older computer using a quad core processor. I use it in an HTPC. Most of the tasks are done one at a time, so the dual core works fine. It is fast for light duty applications, but games aren't light duty.
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Yeah. I use it exclusively for gaming. Works pretty good. What do I play? BF3, 4, Hawken, CoDs, Crysis 2, 3 and some UT3. For something that's 20 bucks, it aint bad. If it breaks, I'll just go buy another one. I use a Logitech EX110 for work purposes. What's my game stuff? Intel i7 3770 cpu, Asus P8z77-V LK motherboard, WD 2.5 Velociraptor HDD, XFX HD7950 gpu, G.Skill 16gb 19200 ram, Corsair RM750 psu, Corsair H100i liquid cooler.
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Managed to run Skyrim on this at mid settings without a problem. I don't know the FPS but looks like better than 30.
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Yes it can run some of the modern games it even runs games like Sims 3 but good luck getting it to run games like Skyrim with out an upgrade